FORWARD PROGRESSION DEVELOPMENT INC
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2021 · Form 990 · revenue $426K · expenses $370K · assets $325K
- EIN
- 83-2071545
- Address
- 770 WATER STREET STE 407, BILOXI, MS 39530-4220
- Website
- https://www.fpdinc.org
- NTEE code
- S43
- Exempt type
- 501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
- Ruling date
- February 2019 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
- IRS status
- Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
- Tax-deductible donations
- Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
- Foundation status
- Public charity, 509(a)(2)
- Principal officer
- Catrina Thompson (its 2023 Form 990-N)
- Form 990-N e-postcards
- 1 filed, 2023 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
- Cross-check
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Mission
To assist the growth of self-sufficiency and in economic business entrepreneurship focusing on minority, veteran, and women growth. Provide training, coaching, support and funding growth resources via - Digital Marketing, Online Training Modules, Events, Seminars and other viable avenues. Extending the knowledge and healthy use of AI in small businesses in underserved and represented concerns.
Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).
People paid by the organization
5 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Latest year pay | Total pay from here | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catrina Thompson | Director-President | 2019-2021 | $115,200 | $235,200 | 1 |
| Shonna Thomas | Secretary | 2021 | $79,500 | $79,500 | 1 |
| Harvey Mcmilian (former) | Contract | 2019 | $62,500 | $62,500 | 1 |
| Erika Hunter (former) | Admin | 2019 | $35,000 | $35,000 | 1 |
| Madonna Thompson (former) | Secretary | 2019-2020 | $0 | $32,000 | 1 |
People by year
2021 · 2 people listed · 2 paid, $195K · 7 employees · 20 volunteers
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catrina Thompson | Director-President | 60 | $115,200 | $0 | $0 | $115,200 | 1 |
| Shonna Thomas | Secretary | 30 | $59,500 | $0 | $20,000 | $79,500 | 1 |
2020 · 2 people listed · 1 paid, $40K · 5 employees · 12 volunteers
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catrina Thompson | Director-President | 80 | $40,000 | $0 | $0 | $40,000 | 1 |
| Madonna Thompson | Secretary | 20 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
2019 · 4 people listed · 4 paid, $210K · 5 employees · 25 volunteers
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catrina Thompson | Director-President | 80 | $80,000 | $0 | $0 | $80,000 | 1 |
| Harvey Mcmilian | Contract | 40 | $62,500 | $0 | $0 | $62,500 | 1 |
| Erika Hunter | Admin | 40 | $35,000 | $0 | $0 | $35,000 | 1 |
| Madonna Thompson | Secretary | 40 | $32,000 | $0 | $0 | $32,000 | 1 |
Highest-paid independent contractors
No independent contractors reported.
Federal grants and contracts
Awards from USAspending.gov to a recipient with this organization's name and zip code. Obligations by federal fiscal year (October to September); each award links to its page on usaspending.gov.
| Fiscal year | Grants and other assistance | Contracts | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| 2020 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
Largest awards · 0 shown
| Year | Agency | Kind | Program | Description | Obligated |
|---|
Who gave
Contributor names are not public for this form type.
Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.
Finances
Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.
| Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Net assets | Contributions | Program revenue | Officer pay | Employees | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $425,500 | $369,600 | $325,000 | $325,000 | $0 | $425,500 | $115,200 | 7 | 20 |
| 2020 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $184,600 | $143,699 | $165,000 | $82,500 | $109,000 | $75,600 | $40,000 | 5 | 12 |
| 2019 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $318,000 | $238,160 | $69,840 | $69,840 | $55,500 | $262,500 | $209,500 | 5 | 25 |
Funders of this organization
1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $5 in all, tax years 2021 to 2021. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV
| Grantor | Type | Match | Years given | Grants | Total | Latest year | Latest year's amount | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION | Private foundation | Fuzzy filed as “FORWARD PROGRESSION DEVELOPMENT INC” | 2021 | 1 | $5 | 2021 | $5 | show |
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| SOUTH DAKOTA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | SD | S43 | $717,194 | $636,472 | Executive Dir. | $109,095 | Same NTEE code S43, revenue within 2x |
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Where the money went
Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.
2021 · Form 990 · $369,600 spent · pay $335,900 · grants $0 · events $2,500
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other salaries and wages | $220,700 | $220,700 | - | - | 59.7% | |
| Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees | $115,200 | - | $115,200 | - | 31.2% | |
| Office expenses | $8,000 | $8,000 | - | - | 2.2% | |
| Information technology | $8,000 | $6,000 | $2,000 | - | 2.2% | |
| Benefits paid to members | $5,000 | $5,000 | - | - | 1.4% | |
| Insurance | $4,200 | $4,200 | - | - | 1.1% | |
| Fees: accounting | $2,500 | $2,500 | - | - | 0.7% | |
| Advertising and promotion | $2,500 | $2,500 | - | - | 0.7% | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetings | $2,500 | - | $2,500 | - | 0.7% | |
| Occupancy | $1,000 | $1,000 | - | - | 0.3% | |
| Total | $369,600 | 100% |
2020 · Form 990 · $143,699 spent · pay $100,500 · grants $0 · events $5,599
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other salaries and wages | $60,500 | $45,500 | $15,000 | $0 | 42.1% | |
| Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees | $40,000 | $0 | $40,000 | $0 | 27.8% | |
| Information technology | $16,000 | $12,000 | $4,000 | $0 | 11.1% | |
| Office expenses | $11,200 | $6,300 | $4,900 | $0 | 7.8% | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetings | $5,599 | $1,300 | $4,299 | $0 | 3.9% | |
| Advertising and promotion | $4,500 | $3,500 | $1,000 | $0 | 3.1% | |
| Fees: accounting | $4,000 | $2,500 | $1,500 | $0 | 2.8% | |
| Travel | $1,900 | $1,400 | $500 | $0 | 1.3% | |
| Total | $143,699 | 100% |
2019 · Form 990 · $238,160 spent · pay $212,660 · grants $0 · events $5,700
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other salaries and wages | $124,996 | - | $124,996 | - | 52.5% | |
| Pay: disqualified persons | $80,000 | - | $80,000 | - | 33.6% | |
| Other employee benefits | $7,664 | - | $7,664 | - | 3.2% | |
| Office expenses | $6,500 | $3,000 | $3,500 | - | 2.7% | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetings | $5,700 | $3,500 | $2,200 | - | 2.4% | |
| Information technology | $5,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 | - | 2.1% | |
| Advertising and promotion | $4,000 | $3,000 | $1,000 | - | 1.7% | |
| Fees: legal | $1,800 | - | $1,800 | - | 0.8% | |
| Fees: management | $1,500 | - | $1,500 | - | 0.6% | |
| Travel | $1,000 | - | $1,000 | - | 0.4% | |
| Total | $238,160 | 100% |
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